Trudeau dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago amid tariff threats to Canada: Live updates
Trump has threatened Canada and Mexico with 25 percent tariffs, despite deep economic ties, which have alarmed Canadian officials
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Your support makes all the difference.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reportedly dined with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence, just days after the President-elect threatened Canada, among other major trading partners, with sweeping and substantial tariffs.
Neither Trump nor Trudeau publicly announced the meeting, but the Canadian official was seen exiting a hotel in the area on Friday. He reportedly traveled to Florida alongside Canadian public safety minister Dominic LeBlanc.
Earlier this week, Trump threatened Canada and Mexico with 25 percent tariffs, in what the Republican said was an attempt to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling. The proposal, which would likely cause massive economic disruption, alarmed officials in Canada.
Tariffs aren’t the only form of international influence Trump is pursuing before inauguration day. Senator Lindsey Graham, a close adviser, said on Friday that Trump hopes a ceasefire deal can be reached over the Israel-Hamas war before he takes office.
“Trump is more determined than ever to release the hostages and supports a ceasefire that includes a hostage deal,” Graham told Axios. “He wants to see it happening now.
“I want people in Israel and in the region to know that Trump is focused on the hostages issue. He wants the killing to stop and the fighting to end.”
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President-elect Donald Trump is said to be hoping to secure an Israel-Gaza ceasefire before he takes office.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina confirmed the incoming president’s position in an Axios interview.
Michelle Del Rey has more:
Trump wants Israel-Gaza ceasefire before he takes office, ally says
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told Axios the president-elect will get a ceasefire done easily because people fear him
For one night only. Trudeau leaves Florida hotel
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen leaving a hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, following a meeting with Donald Trump on Friday.
Bill Maher and Stephen A Smith explain why Trump won over Black voters
Bill Maher and Stephen A. Smith have revealed why Donald Trump increased his support with Black voters this presidential election cycle.
In a wide-ranging conversation for Maher’s podcast, Club Random Podcast, the two media personalities dissected how the president-elect’s language impacts voters of color.
Ariana Baio reports.
Bill Maher and Stephen A Smith explain why Trump won over Black voters
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These local sheriffs are already preparing to help Trump carry out his mass deportation plans
Donald Trump’s plan to immediately carry out the largest deportation operation in U.S. history upon taking office is banking on a key ally: conservative sheriffs.
There are some 6,000 federal immigration agents in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), but the incoming administration is counting on sympathetic local law enforcement to be its eyes and ears in communities and jails across the country.
While police chiefs are appointed, sheriffs are often elected and exercise broad powers, including running county jail systems. Many right-leaning sheriffs, whose own partisan politics align with the new administration’s, are eager to join forces.
Josh Marcus reports.
Local sheriffs are preparing to help Trump carry out his mass deportation plans
Local sheriffs could help ICE find and detain migrants, raising alarms from civil rights advocates
Putin full of praise for ‘intelligent and experienced’ Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin has heaped praised on Donald Trump and suggested the incoming administration will “find a solution” to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“As far as I can imagine, the newly elected president is an intelligent and already quite experienced person. I think he will find a solution,” Putin said on Thursday.
Putin also commended the president-elect as a “real man” after an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in July.
Alex Woodward reports on Thursday’s remarks.
Putin full of praise for ‘intelligent and experienced’ Trump after election victory
Trump has repeatedly promised to end Russia’s war in Ukraine within 24 hours
Trump unveils new strategy to stop Americans taking fentanyl
Donald Trump has unveiled a new strategy for dealing with the fentanyl crisis.
“I will be working on a large-scale United States Advertising Campaign explaining how bad fentanyl is for people to use —Millions of lives being so needlessly destroyed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday. “By the time the campaign is over, everyone will know how really bad the horror of this drug is.”
Trump did not provide further details about what the campaign would look like.
Michelle Del Rey reports.
Trump unveils new strategy to stop Americans taking fentanyl – an ad campaign
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ICYMI: Laura Loomer goes on hours-long tirade against Mark Zuckerberg
Far-right personality and Donald Trump enthusiast Laura Loomer spent hours on X ranting about Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s visit to Mar-a-Lago.
Loomer posted at least 16 times on the social media platform in which she directly mentioned Zuckerberg, complaining that the Facebook founder allegedly “censored” the assassination attempt on Trump, according to the Daily Beast.
Graig Graziosi has the story.
Laura Loomer goes on hours-long tirade against Mark Zuckerberg’s Mar-a-Lago visit
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Trump’s tariffs in his first term did little to alter the economy. This time things could be very different
Donald Trump loved to use tariffs on foreign goods during his first presidency. But their impact was barely noticeable in the overall economy, even if their aftershocks were clear in specific industries.
The data show they never fully delivered on his promised factory jobs. Nor did they provoke the avalanche of inflation that critics feared.
This time, though, his tariff threats might be different.
Trump’s tariffs in his first term didn’t alter the economy. Thing could be different
The total tariffs collected in the United States was less than 0.3% of the GDP in 2019, during Trump’s first term
Silicon Valley Democrat urges liberals to stay on X
After Donald Trump won the 2024 election, roughly one million users signed up for social media site Bluesky, many of them in protest of X’s increasing right-wing tone and owner Elon Musk’s alliance with the Republican candidate.
However, according to one prominent progressive, liberals shouldn’t jump ship from X just yet.
Josh Marcus reports from San Francisco.
Silicon Valley Democrat urges liberals to stay on X as they abandon it for Bluesky
Progressive congressman has known Elon Musk for years
Kamala Harris’ slammed for ‘self-congratulatory’ review of election defeat
Democratic officials and voters have accused Kamala Harris and her top team of failing to realistically assess why her campaign collapsed.
One Democratic National Committee adviser who participated in a recent call with top donors said she was “stunned that there was no sort of postmortem or analysis of the disastrous campaign.”
Alex Woodward reports.
Democrats slam Kamala Harris’ ‘self-congratulatory’ review of election defeat
The vice president and her top team are accused of a stunning lack of self-relection and failing to listen to voters
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